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New Champions Online Details

Posted by Soulskill on from the masks-and-spandex-for-all dept.

Eurogamer sat down with Bill Roper of Cryptic Studios to discuss Champions Online, their superhero MMO due out in a few months. Roper mentioned that the PC version of the game will be coming out well ahead of any console versions, and he provided some insight into the game's Nemesis system. "When you get around the mid-game, you have the ability to create your Nemesis... Then you start going on these separate Nemesis missions — you'll start getting ambushed by the minions of your Nemesis, and eventually one of these minions will kind of break down, and say 'oh no please don't, I'll tell you I'll you,' and you get a clue off him. You go through a whole series of these very Nemesis-specific quests which revolve around the things you put in about your Nemesis, but it's not always the same path that you take, there's multiple story directions that you could be going through." Examiner also spoke briefly with Randy Mosiondz, lead designer for the game, about the questing and the game environment. IGN got a look at Lemuria itself, and Cryptic posted some of the concept art.

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  1. Whenever I see Roper involved by Norsefire · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I remember this quote from flagshipped.com:

    "I should really go into the video game market. I mean, what other market can you go in to, quit a good job, form a company and be one of the biggest contributing reasons why 100 people lose their jobs, a foreign company has to sell itself to another, and over 200,000 customers are left with $50 coasters, have to liquidate most of your assests, and STILL get a job - one that the employer is even ENTHUSIASIC about wanting you to work with them."

    1. Re:Whenever I see Roper involved by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

      What this quote totally ignores is that the man is VERY good at one job... And useless at another.

      The job he held at Blizzard suited him. He was A list. He was the best of the best. His job at Flagship (CEO) didn't suit him. He was useless at it.

      If the top chef in the world went off to try to set up a huge chain of restaurants and failed, wouldn't you still hire him to cook meals / oversee the kitchen in your fancy up market restaurant?

      If a fantastic actor tries his hand at writing, directing and starring in a movie and flops, wouldn't you still hire him to play the lead role in your own next production?

      Roper didn't fail as a design director, executive director or studio director. As "The boss, but with his own bosses overseeing things" he's an outstanding success.

      What he failed at was being CEO. Owner. Big boss. #1. Therefore, it'd only be silly for someone to hire him in that role, not the one he's been a success in.